Received an email today...

[Jubber]

I've decided to do 20% less effort for the new rate

Testify !!

[thunderlizard]

Currently contracting through Hays for HBOS. Rates are to be reduced by 10% because of the """"""credit crunch""""".

Thoughts?

My thought is, "Not 'appy, and isn't it me who decides what my rate is to be?"

I agree with your thought. It's normal for the seller to decide the price, and the buyer to decide whether it's worth paying. But having been made a counteroffer, you need to decide whether to accept it or not.

If they want to reduce your rate 10% due to "credit crunch", it's tempting to respond by putting it up by 10% instead due to "above-target inflation". Two can play at macroeconomics!

[scooterscot]

I'll be staying for the festival in Edinburgh, then I am off

Got a note through the door. Someone wants to rent me house for 3k for the last 3 weeks of the Fringe...

Sod that I'm leaving it empty while I go to work at soe shoebox in slough... NOT

[thunderlizard]

Got a note through the door.

Thass Embra fae ye. In Glesgae tha noot'd a come thru yer windae.

[Diver]

Thass Embra fae ye. In Glesgae tha noot'd a come thru yer windae.

[StarBuck]

Thass Embra fae ye. In Glesgae tha noot'd a come thru yer windae.

Always good to start the day with a laugh, before all the permies come in